Well, I guess it’s a Worldcon

I’m in Dublin. It’s quite a well-attended con in not a terribly large set of venues (commendably central in a fairly compact city, but not the sort of city-block-sized shed I associate with Worldcons), so there is an awful lot of queuing and not enough space for everyone who wants to sit down to do so at once. You have to stand in line twenty minutes before the panel starts, apparently even if you’re a panellist!

Saw a good panel on food in fantasy (which pointed me at an absolutely delightful ‘Anthony Bourdain films in Narnia’ fanfic) and a wonderfully enthusiastic Chris Garcia presentation on personalities from the earlier history of computing; lunch with Jo Walton and Ada Palmer, supper of pulled pork inna bun in the corner of the bar. Conked out very early; four more full days to go.